The Sun. — London, England, 1864-10-12 00:00:00

The Chancellor of the Exchequer at Bolton. BOLTON, Tuesday Evening. The Chancellor of the Exchequer visited Bolton this. afternoon, on his way to Farnworth, where he is to-morrow to'take part in the inauguration of a public park. In honour of the occasion the chief streets of the town were profusely decorated with flags and streamers of every colour and device. Conspicuous among the other ensigns was the French tricolour, which was supposed to bear re ference to the commercial treaty with that country which was concluded under the auspices of Mr. Gladstone, and which has done much to benefit the trade at Bolton. Other banners bore the inscrip tion, " Welcome Gladstone." The train in which the right hon. gentleman arrived reached Bolton shortly after half-past four amid a discharge of fog signals fastened to the rails, and the " hurrahs" of the spectators gathered within and without the station. The Mayor (Mr. R. Harwood), the town clerk, Mr. Barnes, M.P., Lieut.. Colonel Grey, M.P., the High Sheriff (Sir J. K. Shuttleworth), and Mr. A. Barnes were in waiting to receive the distinguished visitor. As Mr. Gladstone and his escort passed through the streets leading to the Market-square, they were loudly cheered by the crowd who lined each side of the way, and who sometimes, in the vehemence of their curiosity and admiration, pressed inconveniently near the carriages, some what retarding their pace. A brief halt was made at the Free Public Library and the handsome Mar ket Hall, both of which were inspected by the Chan cellor. It was about a quarter past five when the party reached the Temperance Hall in St. George's road, where the presentation of the addresses were to take plate, and where they were received with much enthusiasm by a numerous and respectable audience. Mr. B izley, M.P., Mr H. Ashworth, and other gentlemen of local note, were on the platform. The MAYOR, in introducFng the Chancellor of the Exchequer to the meeting, said—FelloW country men and countrywomen, no words of mine are needed on this occasion. I will only say that it is a proud day for Bolton. (Cheers.) We are honoured by the presence of one whose name is a household word in England, and whose deeds have made him famous through the length and breadth of the British isles. (Cheers.) The TOWN CLERK then read an address to the Chancellor of the Exchequer from the corporation of Bolton, which has already appeared in The Sun. Mr THOMAS GRIMSIIAW next presented an ad dress, which had been adopted the night before by a meeting of the working men held in the Market- square. Each address was endorsed by the frequent ap plause of the audience, which was again renewed when the CHANCELLOR. of the EXCHEQUER rose to speak. He said—Mr Mayor, ladies, and gentlemen, will not at all affect to underrate the nature of the spectacle which I have witnessed to-day in the town of Bolton. I must, however, state that it was on my part entirely unexpected. I felt fully per suaded when I had the honour of receiving the in vitation of the municipal body, that I should be kindly welcomed among you, and moreover I will venture to say I felt a confidence, sustained by the happy experience of members of the Government in every part of the country, that the general indi cations of the public in this place would be of that nature which tends to shove that the public rely upon those by whom the laws are made and admi nistered. (Cheers.) Now, gentlemen, it is undoubt edly a sight that would excite astonishment in some portions of the world, when the thousands and tens of thousands that form the teeming population of these great towns are prepared, as we have seen to-day, and has been seen on other occa sions by other and worthier men, to tender, as it were, each man for himself his personal welcome to those who are engaged in carrying on the govern ment of the country when they visited particular portions of the community, but it is a sight full of meaning, and be assured that I do not consider these indications on your part in any narrow oe any selfish sense. I know very well that I am . receiving in testimonies of your confidence a reward due rather to the labours of others. (No, and cheers.) I know it was those who were pioneers in the field of useful legislation to whom your gratitude is mainly due. Ido not consider myself to be other than one of the humblest amo9g all the labourers in that cause, and not one of the earliest among them. I claim at your hands no credit whatever, other than such as is due to secondary abilities and to a secondary past, but yet a part taken in a use ful process. We have seen, gentlemen, during a lifetime, an alteration brought about in relations of classes in this country such as must make the heart of every man leap within his breast to think upon. We have seen mistrust and alienation gradually fading away like mists before the rising sun, and we have seen throughout all parts of the country and throughout all classes of the community senti ments of mutual confidence, respect, and esteem taking the place of that alienation and estrange• ment. (Cheers.) Believe me, lean appreciate that generosity of the English character which has been so signally exhibited by the mass of the people in this country, and with which they have shown themselves so ready to acknowledge the efforts of the legislature on their behalf. The changes wehave seen within the last 20 or 25 years, especially in the field of economical legislation, are of a character so marked that perhaps we cannot expect anything precisely similar to recur. It is not often that it is given to those called on to bear a part in public affairs to be enabled, by their puny exertions, under the direction of an all-wise Providence, to do an amount of good which is, upon the whole, both so extensive and unmixed as the good which has been done in England within our recollection by the libe ration of industry, of capital, and of skill. (Hear, hear.) In general. when we see parties violently at issue, and principles keenly contested, the conditions of human life do not permit us to hope anything better than that, in the solution of these contras versies, at least a balance of good may be secured ; but here we have witnessed changes carried into effect which have conferred good alike upon those by whom they were promoted, and upon those by whom they were opposed. (Hear, hear.) And, moreover, we have seen this, that although these changes referred in their primary aspect only to material and ,commercial interests, yet they have proved to be fraught with a profound moral and social character. In increasing the wealth of the nation they have warmed the heart of the nation. In disposing of arguments which seemed to separate man from man they have disposed of jealousies which separated class from class. (Cheers.) And while these acts of parliament take their place upon the register of the statute book they are not to be judged only by the formal terms in which they are conceived, but must be regarded rather as angels of mercy, ministers of peace, restorers of union and concert through every part and corner of the land. (Hear, hear.) Mr. Mayor, ladies, and gentlemen, in profaundly thinking upon the remarkable mani festation of which I have, in one sense, been made - the object to-day, I wish to a ss u re y ou I do not for get that it has reference to myself as one among many who are regarded as the symbols of a cause of practical improvement —many who are now alive; many with whom I act in the government; many with whom I am associated in parliament ; many to whom Lancashire has given birth, and whose exertions she animated and encouraged, and it is to them that your commendations and con fidence are mainly due. (Cheers.) It is impossible for me not to refer to the short experience I have had of this town, and to the very great gratification with which I witness the growth of institutions among you—all of which are a testimony to the great truth that man does not live by bread alone — that he has a mind, a rational and immortal part, that he is born for the future more than for the present, and that all real improvement which takes place among us is invariably attended by this con dition. It looks towards and prepares to meet the future. I rejoice to fiad that the Act of Parliament, passed at the instance of Mr. Ewart, for the foun dation of free public libraries, having been adopted at an early per i o d by this borough, has been appre ciated by the whole body of the community, and has producsd, as lam informed, all the (Mete which the benevolent and enlightened promoter of the measure could possibly have desired from it. (Hear, hear.) I am also exceedingly glad to learn that the working men themselves have established an insti tution, not in separation from, but in union with those by whom they are employed, which aims at the same purposes of mental improvement and rational recreation which are contemplated by the Public Library. Long may institutions of this kind flourish and multiply among you, maintained not by the isolated efforts of one class, bat by the combined and harmonious efforts, and with the concentrated good-will of the entire community. (Cheers.) [At this point a man fainted away among the audience from the heat and pressure, and was carried out.] Gentlemen, I see but too plainly the inconvenience under which many of you must labour, and I will be mindful of it in the few remarks I have to make. (Go on.) It is im possible for me to come among you without re ferring for a moment to the present and recent eondition of the town. I hear, and of course with pain, that throughout the district of South Lanca shire, and perhaps especially in a town which hitherto has not had to encounter the extreme seve rity of the recent scarcity, the pressure is now very sharply felt. It was to us—l speak of my colleagues in the Government and myself—a matter of extreme satisfaction that when through the exertions, skill, and influence of Mr Cobden (cheers) the treaty with France was negotiated, one immediate result of that treaty was to minister not only to the general course of commercial improvement, but in a very remarke able manner tosupply the temporary but still press. ing wants of this country, (Hear.) At the very mo ment when, through the calamitous war raging in America, a great portion of our trade had been cut off, the effect of the treaty was to open a market which came in lieu of that which we had just lost. There were many places which might be mentioned, some of them in particular connected with the iron trade, where at that period the same amount of business was carried on immediately after the decay of the American trade as had been carried on before, the difference being simply that the demand from France had sprung up to take the place of the de mand from America. It was exceedingly pleasant to think that through the circumstances and arrange ments of trade, is which Bolton had a special in terest, it was one of the places which, in connec tion with Bradford, appeared to derive particular benefit from the treaty of commerce. (Hear). Well, now, gentlemen, the time of pressure seems to have come upon you. It is very easy for those outside the circle, for those who do not themselves feel the pinch of difficulties, to be preachers of the manner and temper in which the crisis ought to be endured. (Hear, hear.) This, how ever, I venture to say without fear of being thought to flitter that the Lancashire community has shown, during years, during winters of extreme affliction, that it wants no preaching from extrane• ous persons on this subject, and certainly it is satis factory to think that there is at least one marked and favourable difference between the season when the cotton famine was in what may be called its agony and the present time. I am afraid we must admit there is a recurrence of another extension of distress, but the distress is of a different character from that which formerly prevailed. it is not attended with such gloomy prospects. When the cotton famine first began to bear upon Lancashire it was absolutely impossible to know at what point its calamitous results would close. We knew that the principal source of supply was stopped—we did not know in what degree other countries of the world would prove able to minister to our wants. After a time it has been found that though nothing will as yet enable England to dispense with the American supply, the powers of other countries have been developed to a very considerable extent, end very large contributions have been obtained from quer- Zera which preciously had hardly been reckoned on, had indeed been scarcely dreamed of iu the enumera• tion of our resources. We may now, and this is the difference to which I refer, venture, as far es it be. comes a frail being like man to give an opinion on such a matter—we may now venture to say that the knot of the problem is in the main untied, and that sources of supply do exist in the world which will sustain the future prosperity of the cotton indus try of England, and probably tend to place it upon a firmer basis than it could ever be Baia to occupy when it depended almost entirely on the productions of America, and when those productions themselves were due to a state of society and to a description of labour which, in this country, we look upon as being unnatural, and contrary to the best interests of humanity. (Hear, hear ) Therefore, it is a great point that your brethren of the working class, and such among you as belong to that class, and not only you, but all who compose the other sections of the com munity, and whose interests are completely identi fied with yours, when the pinch comes, if it be not now felt by you, you may derive consolation from the reflection that there is ground for a confident hope that the calamity is a temporary one, and that the inconveniences you are now enduring are at. tendant on a course of transition and on the process of return from a state of things which is unnatural and exceptional to a state of things which is durable, sound. and healthy. (Hear.) It is not possible to escape from a disturbance and distortions so vast as the cotton industry has undergone without suffering great inconvenience on the way. A man cannot throw off a virulent disease without finding that the road of return to health is rough and uneasy, and that in the very process of cure much secondary suffering must be borne. Hence, if the effect of cir cumstances has been, as we knew it has been, to multiply five or six fold the price of the raw mate. rial, it is a condition of affairs which cannot be per manent. Your industry could not permanently sub• aist in connection with it, but the lowering or depreciation of prices which would occur before you arrive at a thoroughly natural condition is a process which would involve risk, inconvenience, and pres sure, very different indeed from the pressure that some parts of Lancashire had to undergo some two years back, but yet at the same time amounting in themselves to very serious evils ; only let us be thankful that evils are as it were gilded by con fident hopes. I speak in the presence of those who are better able to judge than myself, and who can correct me if I am wrong, but I do trust, looking forward to a future—not very remote per haps, distant only by a very few years, so few that they might almost be numbered in months—we shall sec the vast and gigantic system of enterprise on which the fortunes of South Lancashire principally depended, again resorted to the whole extent of its former operations, and not only so, but carrying on those operations with a certainty and stability, such as in the former circumstances it would never have been able to attain, (Cheers.) Now Mr Mayor, and ladies and gentlemen, I have little to do except to assure you that the kind reception that I have had at your hands will be an additional incentive to walk with as much firmness and integ rity as I may in the path of public duty. I am quite sure that is a sentiment which I need not profess to utter as one peculiar to myselt—it is happily the sentiment which prevades, I believe, the minds of the Legislature of this country. (Hear.) I a many The aay discharge of our duties is very imperfect, things it is open to criticism. The concerns of this vast empire are so mighty, are of so complicated a character, that to handle them as they ought to be handled altogether transcends and exceeds human strength. It is not possible, therefore, that there should be men in the proceedings of parliament and of government who shall not invite criticism and remark. Some things we do which we may be mistaken in doing, other things which we omit we may be wrong in omitting—but, gentlemen, 1 would beg you to observe that whatever be the virtues of the legislature of this country, they are faults which they possess and exhibit in common with mass of the nation. (Cheers.) If parliament at n given time shows extraordinairtyisebi because e i n th t e n re e work of leg islative improveme nt prevades in the public mi nd a tem p er of determined desire for improvement a deven sruecqhn requires?, s tt sympathisers nae e x: and sustains, n on the part of parliament—but if, on the other hand there come a time when parliament shows less eagerness in the promotion of useful reforms, depend upon it the cum of any comparati ve inaction is to be found not so much sithin those four walls as in the temper of the nation itself. This is a great consolation to those who might be inclined to a sentiment of impatience when they find that efforts at:improvement are canvassed with a greater jealousy than in other times, and that, in point of fact, as sometimes almost happens, any man who proposes an ameliorating law becomes by that very fact itself a sort of object of suspicion. (A laugh.) Now when that happens depend upon it itis due to the state of the country. What is our state with regard to these things P Our state is this that, not withstanding the vast extent of our public affairs, I do not believe that 25 years of more effective or beneficial legislation are to be found in the history of any country than of those of the last 25 years in England. Well, after a hard day's work men are apt to get tired—(laughter)—and, depend upon it, it is no figure of speech when I say that just the same thing occurs to Parliament, and that they may get tired; and there is a certain relaxation—a re la- ation of what I may call the muscles of the mind—after hard work has been done. Grievances have been removed, unwise laws have been mitie gated or repealed, and improvements have been sown broadcast through the land ; but I mutt ad mit to you that I shall be the first to affirm and cons tend that is no reason at all why other improve ments should not be prosecuted with similar zeal. On the contrary, were we perfect beings, that would be a reason why we should be still more zealous than ever in accomplishing whatever remained to be done. I say that you may depend upon it that the country itself has been disposed to take breath for a little while, and to exact a less strict account from the representatives of the people with regard to their legislative labours. (Cheers.) If there be any who think that there is still a pres sure for great improvement—and I cer tainly am one who believes that much may yet remain to be done—let them also bear this in mind, that we live in a state of things in which a conviction wants taking hold of the minds of the people. The different classes of which it is composed will be fairly answered in the cons duct of the houses of the Legislature. When I speak of what remains to be done I do not at all mean to say that we stand now as we stood 30 years ago. On the contrary, crying grievances, gross evils, and mischief have with great prudence, wis dom, and circumspection, but at the same time with greet firmness and decision, been remedied. The improvements that are before us are therefore in many respects of a different character from the im provements that lay behind us to be made. There are adjustments which our institutions will require; the progress of education, the progress of good and sound habits in the community, the increasing con fidence which unites classes together—all these things point to a gradual enlargement of the privie , leges possessed by the people ; and sure we may be that as the necessity, the occasion, for such changes are felt, a liberal disposition to adjust such changes will likewise be felt amongst us. (Cheers.) I trust we shall never live again to see the time—time bearing the smallest resemblance to the great pub lic crisis which marked the commencement of the reign of William IV.—the crisis known as the crisis of the Reform Bill. The triumph then achieved was not only in itself a great advantage to the country, but it was a pledge that altogether ims provements would be attained by a process less cri tical and violent. I hope the time is coming when, more ani more, all social and political questions will be disposed of, not by violent action, bat by friendly persuasion, by the close contact of mind with mind, by a constant diffusion of information, by keeping the people well apprised of all the Legi slature is doing and intending for them, and that there will be a gradual substitution of what we may call moral force in the settling political controversies for that dangerous manifesta tion that has often been the only means of remedy available in other times for the removal and cure of grievances. I cannot touch on a question of this kind without in one single word performing an act of justice to those who were the real and effec tive promoters of the measures that were gradually adopted by Parliament for what is called the eman cipation of the press of this country. The penny press of this country has now been in operation for a certain number of years. There were those who were led to anticipate that that organ would be a dangerous organ—that it would minister to bad pas sions, and that it would tend to create jealousies in the country. We have now had a pretty long expe rience, and it is no more than justice to the gentle men by whom that press is conducted—no more than justice to them, without the smallest reproach to others who have conducted a press of a somewhat different character—to say that every one of those siui,ter anticipations has been signally disappointed, and that these organs of public opinion, copies of which are sold at so cheap a rate as to find their way into almost every man's howe,have been second to none in their regard for moral principle, in their respect for personal character, in their fidelity to the duties they have undertaken; and lastly, let me add, for it is a vital element in the case, of attach ment to the law, and in loyalty to the throne— (cheers)—and that press, in my opinion, has proved to be not only a means of conveying innocent and useful information to the masses of the population, but it has been a powerful political engine, contri buting to the stability of our institutions, convey ing home to the mind of the working man a sense of his interest in the country, and is, in point of fact, entitled in the highest sense to the honourable designation of a thoroughly conservative power. (Cheers.) I trust that we may venture to look for ward to a continuance and increase of those feelings of mutual regard which now happily unite together the several portions of this community ; and I trust that also it may be the happy privilege of the people of this country to be governed in future generations as they are governed in the hknowledgeof present age, by a Soverei gn w h ose a ff ec ti on f or h er the principles of the and attachment to those p r i n ciples, and whose exhibitions of ev er y p ersona l cpoenosptliet'u whosetion,w 3e o fidelity virtue and qualities of excellence, may make her a model for imitatibn, as well as an object, which she is, of tenderest and warmest attachment throughout all classes of the community. The right hon. gen lemma sat down amidst loud and continued cheering. The Chancellor of the Eichequer then left the Temperance Hall in company with the party on the platform, and proceeded down Bradshawgate to the residence of Mr Alfred Barnes, Green Bank, Fern. worth. THE SUN, 1.40 N DON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 12, i. 864. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. GREAT NO aTHERN. The directors have tccepted the tender of Messrs Smith, Knight, and Co., limited, for the Doncaster and Gainsborough Extension, and the improvement of the loop line. The company is at present env gaged upon the Doncaster and Wakefield line. The contract for the Lincoln and Honington branch was let to Messrs Kirk and Parry, who are erecting ad ditional sheds for the company at its Doncaster works. The length of the Doncaster And Gains borough line is about 181 miles, the improvements to be executed on the loop line extend over a dis tance of 81 miles, and the length of the Lincoln and Honington line is about 191 miles. TEES VALLEY. On Saturday the preliminary steps were taken to form a company for the construction of a new line of railway between Barnard Castle, on the South Durham branch of the North Eastern, and Middleton. The proposed capital is £50,000, in £25 shares. Mr H. Pease, M.P., is a supporter of of the line, which will be about seven miles in length, traversing the Yorkshire side of the river Tees. It is proposed ultimately to extend the line Co a junction with the Ashton branch of the New castle and Carlisle RAilway. WELSH PROJECTS. The promoters of railway projects inlSouth Wales are making preparations to complete the requisite surveys and other preliminary arrangements for next session. The proposed new undertakings in clude a line from the east side of the Usk at New port, via Caerleon and Pontnewydd, to a junction with the Great Western at Pontypool-road, thus giving an independent narrow gauge access to the pert of Newport; also a branch to connect the West Udi Docks with the old Romney line. It is in con templation as well to apply far powers for a line of railway commencing at Milford Haven, and thence passing along the Pembrokeshire and Cardiganshire coasts, passing Fisbgnard and Newport, to a junc tion with the Cardiganshire lines. This will he on the narrow gauge, and it will bring Milford into direct communication with the narrow gauge lines of the country. The Vale of Ayron is another pro ject, the object being to connect the port of Aberay ron with the Manchester and Milford line. The London and South Wales direct line, by which the distance from the South Wales coalfield to the me tropolis is proposed to be reduced 25 miles, is also likely to be proceeded with next session. The Archbishop of Canterbury's Primary Visitation, CANTERBURY, Tuesday. His Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury commenced his primary visitation at the Cathedral this day. He was at tended by his chaplain, the Rev, J. R. Hall; Mr Dunney, secretary; and Mr W. H. Cullen, registrar. The attend ance was very numerous. The ARCHBISHOP commenced his chaige by paying a high tribute of respect to the memory of his predecessor, Archbishop Sumner. Ho then proceeded to set forth the present condition of the diocese,.and expressed his grateful sense of the obligations which the diocese owed to the Dean for having undertaken the provision of a Sunday afternoon service. Cathedral bodies, generally speaking, were exert ing themselves to provide additional spiritual instruction for the inhabitants of their respective cities, and he should have felt extremely sorry if Canterbury had been backward in such a movement. He was well acquainted with some signal instances of the results which had arisen from local exertion, and could not refrain from pointing out what might be accomplished by the cordial co-operation of the clergy and the laity. In the deanery of Southwark, con taining a population of nearly half a million, there were 63 benefices, many of them so poorly endowed that there were ten incomes averaging no more than £lOB. Some time ago an association was formed for augmenting the incomes of small livings. It raised £5,000 by donation and annual subscriptions, the incumbents by preaching sermons raised £5,000 more, and the grant from the Ecclesiastical Com missioners doubled those sums, realising a total of £20,000, In Cambridge a similar effort had been made, with like suc cess. There could be no doubt that the increase of the en dowments of the poorer benefices was one of the most crying wants of the times. In this diocese there were 21 benefices the incomes of which were under £lOO, and 102 which were under £200; and as the grants made by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners were open to all, he hoped that seasonable aid would be sought for and obtained. That end mould be promoted if there existed a society to aid in the increase of church accommodation by the building of new churches and the enlargement of old ones, by increasing the endowments of small benefices, and aiding in the erection of parsonage houses, and it was his intention, with the assistance of the clergy of the diocese, to make a strong effort to establish a society for the accomplishment of those three objects. The reports of the inspectors of schools showed that the state of education in the diocese was satisfactory, and that the discipline was remarkably good. He regretted the removal of the children from some of the schools at so early an age, and thought the evil might to some extent be removed by the extension of night schools. He was glad to find that a Book Hawking Association existed in the diocess, and he wished to sea its operations commensurate with the diocese. He had to tender his thanks to the clergy for the manner in which they had responded to his inquiries relative to the condi ion of their respective parishes. There were still 65 churches in which the Holy Communion was administered less than six times a year, but he trusted that efforts would be speedily made to introduce something approaching more nearly to a monthly communion. There were 46 churches having only one service on a Sunday. In some cases there might be a sufficient reason for such a state of things, but wherever it was possible he hoped that strenuous efforts would be made to establish a second service- His return did not show any case in which there was no annual ap peal on behalf of Church missions, but still he was afraid there were several such instances. He trusted, however, that the pastoral letter of the four Archbishops would pro duce a goad effect, and that in every parish an attempt would be made to assist in the augmentation and multipli cation of Church Missions. He found on looking at the returns, that there were 126 churches in which the sacrament of baptism was not administered at the time when the congregation were present. He was aware of the difficulty of restoring the order of the Church in this particular, after a long desuetude, but would urge his rev. brethren to use their best endeavours to return to the regular service. Much un easiness had been caused by the frequently repeated asser tion that the number of candidates for Holy Orders had within the last few years considerably diminished, and that the proportion of candidates from the universities had de creased ; but there were some facts which seemed to contra dict that statement. Between the yearlBso and the year 18`)1 the number of clergy in England and Wales had risen from 17,621 to 19,195, showing an addition of 1,574; and of the 285 candidates ordained at Christmas, 1863, 203 were from Oxford and Cambridge, 22 from Durham and Dublin, and the remainder from the Smaller colleges. It was obvious, however, that the number of small benefices, and the op portunities afforded by competitive examination for more lucrative employments, was calculated to influence utf,irly the supply of candidates for the ministry; and the vast in crease of new churches and the additional staff of curates employ* d in some of the old churches might account for the difficulty of procuring sufficient assistance. In spite of the increase of the clergy between 18:50 and 1831, it was quite clear that the number of candidates ordained had diminished on an average about 65 per year. The fact of a large increase in the number of the clergy, together with the vast annual addition to the population, forced strongly upon attention the necessity of an increase in the Episco pate. That some of the dioceses were much too large for ecclesiastical supervision had been long felt. There were two ways of supplying this acknowledged want—the subdivi sion of dioceses, or the appointment of suffragan bishops. At the present moment the diocess of Exeter demanded such relief, both on account of its extent and population. He regretted that the hopes which had been entertained of the formation of a see of Cornwall had been frustrated for the present. The question of the appointment of a suffra. gan bishop for the diocess of Exeter was still under consi. deration. As a means of facilitating the attendance of the public at places of worship, there had recently been established an institution entitled the National Society for Promoting Freedom of Worship in the Church. He had not yet felt himself at liberty to give any countenaace to that society. He fully recognised the importance of hav ing the churches open to the poor without calling upon them to pay for the seats, but he believed that the movement to which he alluded transgressed the ancient rules of the Church, which imposed upon the churchwardens the duty of assigning seats to the parishioners. No doubt that pri leges given by law had in many instances been abused, and illegal claims had been sot up by persons of their right to dispose of these seats. It was most important that all per • sons should have their minds disabused of that erroneous impression, for as soon as a person ceased to reside in a parish he had no claim to any seat in the church. This new society proposed to deprive the churchwardens of the function which they now exercised, and to throw open every seat to the whole community If the society would confine its efforts to the establishment of freedom of public worship, the aboli tion of all payments for seats, and the provision of adequate stipends for the clergy, it should have his willing counte nance, The issue of a Royal Commission to consider and revise the various forms of subscription end declaration made by the clergy had naturally attracted the attention of Church men to its proceedings. The idea of abolishing all clerical subscriptions had met with little favour fro m either the clergy or the laity; but there could be no dou bt that the existing forms of subscription were too nume rous, and that some of them might be modified without lessening the moral obligation of the subscribers to maintain the tenets of the Church inviolate. The labours of the commission had been brought nearly to a close, and tie confidently anticipated that the result would prove satisfactory to the members of the Church in general. He would now pass to that much agitated question—the revision of the burial service. Some years since a considerable body of the clergy—about 4,ooo—petitioned the Legislature for relief from the grievance of reading the burial service over every corpse, excepting those who had died unbaptisod, or who had been excommunicated, or laid violent hands on them selves. The petitioners sought a remedy not in the alter ation of the service, but in a change of the law. He eon teased that he entertained a strong o bjection to the changes proposed to be introduced. That ther e were inconveniences and evils connected with the burial service it would be vain to deny, but he looked upon the proposed mode of mitigat ing those evils as worse than the disease. , jest he change the posed of the posed was repugnant to the feeling s of the clergy, and in opposition to their deliberate opinion. He did not think it would be wise to proceed. Certain remedial alternatives had been suggested, bu t he did not think they would commend themselves to the Church. The question of the revision of a single office in the Liturgy would lead to the consideration of its general revision, and any such pro posal would be met by the strenuous opposition of the great majority of the clergy of the Church, whatever might be their peculiar bias on theological questions. He did not think it necessary to enter further into the discussion of the ques tion,and would merely say that having expressed his willing ness to consent to the appointment of a Royal Commission for a revision of the table of Lessons and some other matters, it was probable that on the reassembling of Parliament such a commission would be appointed. There were other topics engrossing the attention of Churchmen which could not be so soon dismissed, There had existed within the pale of ) the Church during th e l as t t w o generations disciples of two distinct schools of thought. Tho basis of ono section had been rather an exercise of individuel liberty in the interpre tation of the sacred writings, with less reference to the principles laid down by Church authority; while the othar looked to that authority for direction and aid in ascertain ing the meaning of Holy Scripture . Both were equally anxious to retain the Scripture as God's Word. Recently, however, a third p ar t y had ar i sen , small indeed, in num ber, who claimed th e r i g h t o f maintaining that although f the Holy Bible contains the Word of God, the Word of God is not co-extensive with the sacred volume, and that it is left to each individual to decide which is the Divine element and which is the human, and to reject that which does not approve itself to a man's verifying faculty. This new prin ciple struck at the root of all fixed doctrine as deducible from Holy Scripture, for each minister and eachlay member would feel at liberty to eliminate all such passages as were repugnant to his own views, feelings, and convictions. It might well be asked what would become of Christianity if it was to be surrendered to the caprice of every mind. It might be urged that the Articles of the Church would act as a chect on these dangerous innovations—but how long would that be suffered to exist when the basis had been sapped to its foundation? Each distinctive doctrine of Christianity would disappear in turn from the formularies of the Church, and the result would be simple deism—that deism which reared its head towards the close of the 17th century. But the friends of the Church need not feel any misgivings,for as she had outlived other assaults, she would outlive the present. Another error to be combated at the present moment was that which had been raised with re spect to the inspiration of Holy Scripture. It might have pleased Almighty God to have communicated His word and will in some such supernatural manner as to have conveyed it in every case to the ear and heart of men without the in tervention of any subordinate agency. There would then have been no question of the Divine and the human ele ment. But it seemed good to him that men should be the instrument and channel by which the revelations of Him self and His counsels towards men should be imparted, and in intrusting the prophets and apostles with that commis sion he did not divest each individual of his peculiarities of temperament and talent. Thus far we must be prepared to allow the human element, and to acknowledge that those who were the appointed channels of communication were not mere machines. There was a wide difference between the authority which teaches the very heart of an inspired writer and the absolute dictation of every word by the Holy Spirit. All we ought to maintain was the absolute and universal authority of every portion of Scripture as written uLder the Divine superintendence which guarded the writer from error—the exact words in some cases being dictated, as in the case of the De calogue. The theory of complete verbal inspiration was not necessary to the maintenance of the position held by the Church, that the canon of Scripture not only contains God's Word, but God's 'Word written; nor were the teachers of the Church called upon to lay down any new theory of inspiration, but rather to invite her sons to adopt the decla ration of unfeigned belief in all the canonical Scriptures of the Old Find New Testament as the written Word of God, and to teach the people from it as having that Divine au• thority. It was satisfactory to him to find that this view of inspiration was in accordance with the opinion expressed by his predecessor seven years ago. It might be asked, "If these be your views of the authority of Scripture, how will you reconcile some of its statements with the more recent discoveries of science?" He thought that too much alarm had been felt in some quarters on that point. The Word of God did not profess to teach us science. The object of re velation was not to teach us the secrets of nature, but to make us wise unto salvation. The Word of God might in cidentally touch on sut.jects bearing on physical science, but it never introduced them with the view of affirming scientific truth. Unless the Word of God distinctly initiated a proposition to be received as revealed truth we need not allow ourselves to be perplexed byany apparent discrepancy between the two. Let science pursue her own course, and let us not be ever imagining that she ever entertains designs hostile to the truth of God's Word, Let us devote ourselves to our holy calling, in full assurance that our faith rests on a foundation which it is impossible for any human efforts to subvert. It was most satisfactory to find that so many able replies had been published to the attacks which had been made on the authority of the Holy Scriptures, and particu larly to the critical examination of the Pentateuch and the book of Joshua. It was his firm belief that if the negative school of theology pursued its course in the same direction and in the same spirit, it must before long work out its own condemnation. It must soon exhibit the consequence to which the principle leads—the negation of all that is distinctive in Christianity—and then would follow what had been wit nessed in Germany, a yearning after a definite system of religious belief, to meet the want and cravings of fallen nature, and a return to that belief which alone can satisfy it. Considerable alarm had been felt as to the recent deci sion of the Privy Council, but he thought that no general conclusion as to any future decisions could be drawn from the tenor of that decision, and much of the apprehension which prevailed was, he thought, quite groundless. His desire was to abate the alarm which was not unnaturally felt when the decision was supposed to have had a much wider scope, and to dissuade his iev. brethren from com mitting themselves to any particular line of conduct in con sequence of apprehensions which might have less founda tion than many persons imagined. STATE OF TRADE. MANcunsTnn, Oct. 11.—In shipping yarns we have had no business worth naming, and to effect sales spinners must have submitted to at least Id per lb decline on the rates of last week. But even at these prices buyers are not disposed to operate, In home trade yarns also the market is droop ing. It is difficult to say what is the amount of the decline, because there is no business doing, but generally it may be taken to correspond with that in shipping, But there is an exception as to yarns made out of good cotton, which spinners do not seem disposed to press upon the market, because of the loss to which they would have to submit. This remark applies particularly to yarns made out of Egyptian cotton, which have been getting up in price dur ing the last few days, while other descriptions have been de clining. In the cloth market there has been a continued de cline in prices since last Tuesday, and the anxiety to sell has been greater than for a long time past. It would be difficult to give any correct idea of prices, because of the irregularity which prevails. A sale of 191 b. cloth was mentioned as taking place yesterday, on which the loss of the manufac turer was stated at Ils 6d per piece, and in some cases greater sacrifices than this have had to be made in order to effect sales. As may be supposed some failures are taking place among the smaller manufacturers, and many more are expected. Among those named to-day are manufacturers at Burnley, Middleton, and Bury. At Preston Messrs. Jesper Brothers, of Caledon-mills, have suspended, with liabilities to the amount of about £22,000, and a meeting of creditors is fixed for Thursday next. At Manchester Mr W. H. Wil liams has suspended payment, and a meeting of creditors has been appointed to take place. The market closes with a gloomy and depressed feeling. Rumours that a certain bank lately in high credit has had to seek the assistance of the Bank of England has served to intensify the feeling of alarm and distrust which prevails, CARDIFF, 10th.—The steam coal proprietors are full of orders, but the quantity brought down for shipment is not quite so large as usual, in consequence of contracts entered into for inland supply. Staffordshire continues to be an im portant market for steam, and as long as the strike lasts a large portion of the produce of the Welsh collieries will be sent there. There is a fair continental inquiry, and there is a good demand, as well, from the West Indies. It is satisfactory to announce that the men continue to work well, and with regularity. In the house-coal trade the scarcity of tonnage, and the consequent high freights, is still the general complaint, and as a natural result the trade is a little thecked. Vitality is evinced in the iron trade, and the works aro in full employ. The demand on Ameri can account is about the same as last week, but from other markets there is an increased inquiry. The Penydarren works will shortly be in full operation, and a large number of hands will receive employment. LEEDS, the cloth-halls to-day there has only been such a meagre amount of business as could be ex pected at a " between seasons" period like this. Only few merchants were represented, and the only business done was in the way of assorting here a little and there a little, in order to equalise stocks. These selections were princi pally made from the lots on hand of pilots and Witneys. Fancy coatings and tweeds have been inquired after, and there have been delivered at the warehouses to-day consi derable quantities of these goods which had been previously ordered. As the winter demand draws nearer and nearer to its close the inquiries for the best all wool blacks gets more numerous ; and although stocks are not deficient in that class of goods, manufacturers whose time and resources are not already monopolised by spring orders aro encouraged to apply themselves to the production of more. Nothing more has occurred within the last few days to aggravate the mis chief previously done to commercial credit in this locality. Merchants may be expected to be cautious for some time to come, but it will be because of the high rate of discount quite as much as because of anything else, for that is a matter, perhaps, of greater importance to this branch of commerce than to many others. ROCHDA.LII, 10th.—Another quiet week for the flannel merchants Sias been followed by an equally quiet day, which seems to presage a still further continuance of this prolonged inactivity. The transference of goods has been at a minimum point all the week, and to-day the sales which actually took place were insignificant as compared with the numerous at tendance of those who are usually large operators. The ex traordinary dearness of goods does to some extent account for the strict caution which is manifested by all buyers, but there aro other causes also exercising an adverse influence such as the recent commercial calamities in the neighbour ing county, and the rather unhappy prospect which appears before a large portion of the cotton districts, Yorkshire goods do not meet with any better demand, and there has not of late been the usual influx of them, owing to much machinery being engaged on goods for the Oriental markets. Manufacturers in this immediate neighbourhood are gene rally well employed. [ADVERTISEMENT.)—HoIIoway's Ointment and Pills.— The best Way.—To gain any end there are often many ways, but there is always a best way. This statement ap plies with wonderful force to Holloway's remedies, which overcome ill-health by driving noxious matters from the frame, by repairing broken or injured structures, and by establishing regularity of action. This is the only safe and feasible method of combating diseases and securing sound health. With pure blood, good digestion, strong nerves, and perfect functional order, most maladies may be van quished and strength surely re-established. The balsamic and healing qualities of Holloway's ointment render it in valuable in the nursery, for healing cuts, scratches, and sores, tot allaying inflammations, reducing swellings, and cleansing unhealthy skins, SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. TIMES.—The peacemakers are pursuing their harmless vocation with their habitual industry. It cannot be said that there is not a call, for America has delivered itself over as a prey into their hands. If they did not speak now they would have to hold their tongues for many a day. Yet the extremity itself shows the impotency of peacemaking done in this fashion. In three weeks more than three hundred thousand good people have given their names to in address entreating the Federals to let the Confederates alone and part in peace. Nearly half of the signatures are Irish, obtained through the influence of the Roman Catholic priesthood. There is nothing new in the address, nor need there be, for all that was wanted was to express the natural feelings of almost every Englishman at the successive stages of this miserable affair. Time brought out both the strength and the merits of the Confederate cause ; their heroic re sistance compelled attention to their arguments, and at last we have most of us come to the same conclusion as these peacemakers—that the Fede rals will never conquer the Confederates except by a process which will destroy two Federals for one Confederate, leaving to a mangled tail the reversion of a hideous anarchy. To wish for more progress or more success on either one side or the other is simply to wish for carnage, for it is evident the Confederates will sell their lives very dear. Of course lovers of sport will wish to see the quarrel fought out, If two ruffians or two dogs have a stand up fight in our streets the public: instantly make a ring, and upon some fanciful ground or other the several bystanders choose their sides. They become partisans, simply to add a zest to the amusement ; but if the combatants killed one another they would not take it much to heart. We are disposed to think that most English, and we hope also Irish people, have passed through this phase. They have had enough of carnage. Its very sameness is wearisome. So by this time all would be rejoiced to hear of a settlement, amicable or not. These enthusiasts profess to be of opinion that the Federals have nothing to do but stop fighting, and all is settled, so they preach and pray to the Federals to do this and restore peace to America. Expressions of this sort are so common, so familiar, and generally so useless that we simply re gard them as the ejaculations of weakness, or indif ference, or contempt. Neighbours in private life can do a great deal, if they will he only just and kind, honest and sympathetic. When they see people going wrong, an ill feeling growing, or an error taking root, a multitude of reasons inclines them to do nothing. They don't want trouble; they wish net to offend; they will take no side; they don't object to see pride preparing for itself a fall; they are not displeased to see those who are too defiant to be advised and too strong to be punished in the way to punish themselves. No doubt, too, most people feel a pleasure in everything which proves their neigh. boars worse than themselves, and themselves better than their neighbours; so they let things take their course, and things do take their course with a ven geance. It is needless to particularise the many oc3asions of social life in which a quarrel is per mitted, without the least interference, to grow slowly out of a trifle till it becomes an intolerable nuisance to the neighbourhood, and the misery, if net the ruin, of the parties themselves. When matters have come to the worst and are irreme■ diable, when two tempers and positions are utterly damaged, then the peacemakers come in with their barren pity and their moral inanities. They do nothing, indeed; they only make long faces and talk :—" What a pity these neighbours can't agree ! "Why cannot they shake hands, and con fess that there have been faults on both sides P Let them forgive and forget. It is due to the neighbourhood." Such language, even if it reaches those concerned, which it often does not, cannot make the least impression. When a man feels himself injured in his character, his posi tion, or his prospects, he is not likely to care much for the advice of peop'e who are indifferent, if only indifferent, to these wrongs, and whose true wish, if they would only be so candid as to avow it, is that he would be so good as to take himself off and be never heard of again. These 300,000 peacemakers can hardly be believed to care more for the matter than our supposed bystanders in a private quarrel. There is a mystery, indeed, about the Irish signa tures which we don't pretend to fathom, for the fact of 130,000 Irish peacemakers is hardly consistent with the evidently Federal sympathy of Ireland, as seen in the extensive emigration to the North and actual enlistment in the Federal cause. The priests, it is true, cannot wish to see their flocks scattered far away or butchered in the desperate operas Lions of war, specially assigned by the Federal Generals to raw recruits and hundred days' men, so we may reasonably expect that the Irish priest hood take a more sensible view of the American war than the political agitators with whom they are otherwise ready to act. But as a matter of mere peacemaking what does this address come to ? Just nothing. Ii does not profess to enter into the rights of thequestion, much less its difficulties. It does not suggest how the miracle is to be accomplished, ex cept, indeed, by the miracle of a simultaneous and instantaneous disarmament, followed by an equally miraculous forbearance and contentment, to be showa by two neighbours of incompatible tempers occupying territories geographically dovetailed into one another, and with numerous questions neither settled nor capa'ale of settlement. We are sorry to describe the case as thus hopeless, but we see in it a melancholy reason for resigning ourselves to the only possible solution of these problems— the die of war. When the United States, North and South, cast that die four years ago they appealed in fact to the tremendous power which has founded the States of the Old World, and left us as we are and what we are. War has made Eu rope and us who inhabit it ; war founded our dynasties and institutions; war diffused and mixed our races ; war, as much as mountains, rivers, and seas, has laid down our boundaries. That frame of society which contributes so much to the formation of character, the preservation of peace, and the sta bility of institutions, owes its origin to war. The subordination of classes, the rights of property, and the respect paid to masters and proprietors may be traced back to the period when a ll soc i e ty was a military organization in which it was necessary for every member to have his place. Europe has passed through this ordeal. All her nations, Crowns, families and institutions have been baptized in blood. Every gentleman among us does but occupy the place of a feudal superior, bound to render military service and empowered to exact it. History does not, indeed, repeat itself in identical forms and phrases. We cannot forecast the shape in which America will come out of the furnace. But she has only just stepped into that pit of violence and rapine in which Europe lay for ages, and, terrible as the process of social regeneration was and is, we cannot doubt that America will be the better for it in the end. POST:--Favoured by brilliant autumn weather, the Prince and Princess of Wales have seen the grand scenery of Scandinavia to advantage, and made acquaintance with a nation which has played a great part in the affairs of Europe. While partak ing of the regal and generous hospitality of the Swedish Court, they have been introduced to a brave and warm-hearted people, and the impressions produced will we trust prove abiding and mutually beneficial. The visit is now drawing to aclose, and the reception the Prince and Princess have every where experienced calls for some expression of the sentiments of pride and gratitude it has inspired in this country. To say that it has exceeded the most sanguine expectations would be to convey in a trite farm only half the truth. It will be more exact to avow that it has realised hopes which were never uncertain. There could be no doubt about the sym pathy that subsisted between England and Den mark, but we naturally desired to remove any mis apprehension of our conduct which had arisen out of political complications. We felt that we were judged harshly. Our reason advised us that the reproaches which 'were apparently deserved were in reality unjust. Still, the question did not admit of ordinary argument. The Danes were not in a con dition to be argued with. They had been cruelly wronged, and the disappointment to which they succumbed ha% aggravated their suffering. Under these circumstances the Prince and Princess of Wales represented the public opinion they accu rately comprehended, and a visit that was purely private served to interpret the national emotion, and to dissipate the misgivings which were more or less entertained to our prejudice. This is a matter for hearty congratulation, and, if such a wish might be expressed, the people of England would, we are sure, esteem it a privilege to be permitted to bear the expense of a j ou r n ey whi c h, b e sid es th e p l easure it has afforded the Prince and Princess, has contri buted to the better understanding of their inten tions. The royal parting must necessarily, in the present state of things, be painful. D enm ark is still struggling against the exactions of a powerful and ruthless foe. The invader is still occupying and plundering her territory, and while Prussian extortion prevails King Christian must reign, not by sufferance as they affect to think at Berlin, but on conditions that are manifestly incompatible with independence. His throne is safe, indeed, and the loyalty of his subjects has answered to the emer gency ; but these securities are not immediately available, and a Sovereign whose alliances may be fairly said to be formidable has been compelled to resign all hopes of obtaining justice, and is pleads ing in vain for mercy. On the other hand, however, it is impoesible not to perceive that Denmark h as established a title to consideration which the Powers that suffered her spoliation Fen not refuse t o recog . nice ; and though the recognition may be a question of time, and_must be regulated by policy, it is as firmly assured as any engagement of the kind ca¢ be, and perhaps all the more so because a n ts es . not been paraded in protocols. Step by step, rnallq through the action of France, the Governments 91 Europe are coming to apprehend the situation I.a a _l which they have placed themselves. Even Prus sia must be aware that the day of reckoning cannot ba much longer postponed ; and Austria, we may be sure, will embrace the earliest opportunity ot s . et . _ hug herself right as regards a transaction wlllO5, has simply inrreased the difficulties it was accepted as a means of reducing. Danmark, therefore, ha! no cause to despair for the future, and she can 10"' forward with the confidence a clear conscience im parts, which is more than some apparently stronger Powers can do. There is sort: eve n in 1 .. Scandinavian manners and cusiuLas which i ndicate' power. It is evident that the people are, es t ( b „ e l„ have ever been, a hardy and warlike race. ludy heartiness of their welcome, their manly sportse. their social freedom, all witness to the qualitle that form' the stability of Stetes. These e l e virtues which grow, and are not made. They eE . 1 , 1 , 1 0 not be manufactured to order. In Germany segregation of classes has tended to diminish for force of patriotism, and the Governments rely on ,_ a paid soldiery. Denmark, also, departed from tu e o ancient traditions, and is now probably awalre.,th the mistake she made in attempting to cope vi rl ". two great military Powers with their own weaP ea l The conflict could have been rendered more eload by, ruder means, and the breech-loaders and riff cannon which we have heard so much about 0 1 . 4" 1 possibly have proved less effective in a struggle carried on without regard to the u sages ?! modern war, and without reference to diplonlat.l,ll, countenance. As it is, the Danish Government. vino' have to revise its defensive armaments, and stems, army could be organised on our volunteer syste.rot but preserving the old Scandinavian characteristico, and enlisting the peasantry by remunerating thedril for the loss of time they would not be able to aftb r . r : the object that should be kept primarily in view t ie a country so situated—the education of the peq„ to defend themselves—might be inexpensively e'd nations. tamed, But Denmark's right arm has been, il a t must continue to be, her fleet, and in the equipra ea hn of her ships, and in the training of her sailo rs, should, on the contrary, discard all old-fashioned: ideas. There her security consists in the adoption ed` every improvement that has been discovered, Of no money that is spent in adding to the effici encY,a e her navy will be thrown away. On the ocean Bud ought to be able to defy the power of Austria 0 2 0 Prussia ; and on that, their proper element, for Danes should provide themselves according to W., requirements of modern warfare. The old Se a t Kings would stand no chance in a naval engage m ent with iron-plated frigates and rifled guns. ashore it is otherwise. There, if a people have "0 contend with superior forces, they must rise as ° s man, and fight—as the Confederates in An3er ie o fought in the first year of the war—with any ar se that can be obtained, and as they are best able. ni safety of a country depends on its patriotism , n a , i . when, as in Denmark, nationality is a living sen" . o ment as well as a cherished souvenir, though it be defeated, it cannot be destroyed. A Szandin avm h: Union is not required to preserve the spirit Of t ,„'" o northern nations; but living together on the ball,' of the Baltic, they can scarcely forget what the,: once were, nor fail to see that, if their indePti dente is necessary to Europe, it ought to be usel" to themselves. COUNTRY MARKETS. LIVERPOOL—TUESDAY. There was a fair attendance of both town and countris dealers at market to-day, and the business done was of a e t i active character, owing to the aspect of the money m ar l .English wheat sold elowly at the prices of last week , r tir American spring at about ld per cental advance. in limited request, and at Friday's prices. Indian corn t , rather large supply, and decline slightly. Oats and ° 11 ,,, meal may be quoted at 6d per load cheaper, with a i t ' . trade. Barley, beans, and peas unaltered. LEEDS—TUESDAY. t o ur There was a moderate show of grain to-day . 8 a re market. The demand for wheat was fair, and pric es die not quotably bwer. Beans is cheaper, Barley about .- same. Averages—Oct. 10—Wheat 39s 2 d per cir* —Oats —Beans 41s Oid —Peas ..35s 84 4 - —Barley 31s_10ld ye —s MELTON MOWBRAY—TUESDAY. A fair show of wheat; .trade, however, was not actil. —The following were the currencies : — New white ! stogy! 4l Od to 44s Od ; new red, ;)7s Od to 418 per 36 sto beans, 38s to 42s for old ; new sorts, 358 to 37 s p er 33 sit,;; barley, —s to —s for malting, and 27s to 29s per cir• b grinding; new oats, 20s to 25s Od per 24 stone; old) to 295. SHEFFIELD—TUESDAY. A rather large attendance of farmers and factors to -491► and dile trade ruled firm, wheat mainta ning previous ra teo Flour, oats, and other articles at late prices. 6s (3cl Red wheat, per load of 3 imperial bushels 15s Od to 16s O d White f ) f Us Od to 18$ O d New red ‘ 15s Od to 1 66 ,'d New white „ 2/ 169 6d to 17su, Beans /) ), Peas, per qr Grindin , ' barley, per qr Malting ditto, „ .. Oats / Flour, . I ) 42123 . 50:2 sss: s Od6°° Idd It::: 42331 :681 Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. Australia and Mauritius, via Southampton. ...... Oct' 3. I:7ft Marseilles ......... Oct. 6razil and Cape Verde, by British packet. ....... N°?% 2 9, Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena.. Oct. china, Penang, and Singapore, via Suuthampton.Oot.lo. via Marseilles ..ct' Falkland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton.. Oct. 1193'. via Marseilles.... Oct' ,. ii India (Bombay), via Southampton ........ 0 0 ' - ' Oct. 6 4 ' . via Marseilles Portugal.. a . .... ii. Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton ...... ° ct ' 6, via Marseilles ........ Oc t ' 1 2, Newfoundland .. Oct. 1Z• Oporto and Vigo: .. . U. S. and British N. America, by Brit. packet.... Oct. 15 ' by U.S. packet... • t. I, by Canadian packet. oc All parts of West Indies, including Chili, Peru, .1 Oct. 14. California. and British Columbia.. ATTENDANCE AT THE JUDGES' CHAMBERS' h terday Mr Justice Wiles relieved Mr Justice ag e ' W i . :r has been attending to the business of the three courts some time past, and who required a little rest during t he long vacation now rapidly drawing to a close. CAPTAIN SEMMES'S DEPARTURE ON A ' fi a CRUlSE.—Liverpool, Taesday,—Captain Seln°lt:l,-90 of whom we have heard so little since the sinking o f Alabama, has again left Liverpool on a cruising aspediti° sei On Sunday last the barque Laurel, 296 tons, left th e Die r no ostensibly for Matamoras, but in reality bound for 119"„ via Nassau. Her cargo was of a most miscellaneous nattll comprising several heavy guns, a large number of Cose,„°,l ammunition, chests of clothing, shoes, leather in bulk, drugs. The Laurel is commanded by Captain J. F. Ra tasa ; a gentleman not unknown in blockading " circles,, " "'"A Captain Semmes was on board. The Laurel was °lege" fron this port by Messrs. Lafone and Co., who, eine() tll° commencement of hostilities and the blockade of the Southe ; ports, have been doing a large business in this vein. I t stated that a new steamer which was lying at Madeira re the 3d ult. would meet the Laurel and receive trom t°, latter vessel her stores, guns, &c. The name of the steamo' lying at Madeira is the Ranger, but whether she will o° 11 : 4 tinue this Lname when she hoists the Palmetto flag doubtful. Captain Semmes took with him eight of the officers of the Alabama, and 100 men, many of whom it ~ understood served with him on board that vessel. Births. F A of FLINT. —On BOYCOTT.—On the 10th inst. , at Canterbury. the w-- Dr. Boycottthe 6th inst.,, of a daughterat Margate, Thoma s - lntoy Esq., aged 77. ic HOLDER.—On the l ith inst , at 23, Charles-street, Becr,ota ley-square, th e w il e o f Lieut.-Colonel Holder , late ''''' Fusilier Guards, of a daughter. wife SU KEY.—On the llth inst., at St rea th a m, the — Kingsmill Grove Key, Bart., of a son. Marriages. Chr il3 , t , ANNESLEY—RICHARDS.— Oa the 11th inst., -t Church, Upper Hyde park-gardens. the lion. , late Sydney Arthur Annesley, only surviving son of Viscount Valentia, to Helen Sydney, younger &tog of the late Griffithßichards, Esq„ Q.C. ,bard ARTHUR —RICE.—On the 6th inst at Mount Trenv T ice, John Raynor Arthur, Esq., of the Bombay Civil S t3r t buro third surviving son of the late General Sir Geo. A r n beil K C. 8., to Aileen, third daughter of the lion. S te ' Spring Rice. Deaths. BATTERSBEE.-011 the Bth inst , at Bromley, 11°11 George Battersbee, aged 92. BELL.—On the Bth inst., at 69, Cloudesny-terracei I°lil3s‘ ton, Mr. Frederick Bell. COLLING —On the 7th inst , at Harwich, John ' 1 " ' Eeq., of Park Villas, Holloway, aged 70. p a DALK.—OD the 10th in s t., at Highbu . ry-park, S° llll Esq., aged 63. Anns' GAVILLER.—On the Bth inst. at at Lower ciaptoo, widow of the late George Gaviller, Esq., aged 9 0. HUGHES.—On the 7th inst. at Wooldriugfold, dry, Hughes, aged 93. MATTHEW.--At Bath, William JosephAlattheW) Major, retired list Indian Army, aged 88. London: PrinZed and Prblislied Ly WILLIAM AN °l 9„ 1 0 1 of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at 1' au SUN ()MC C QS Strand, in the Precinct of the. Savoy, in the Gem Mitleciox.—Weilucaday, October 12, 180 i.